Section 1387 Diamonds

Section 1387 Diamonds

There is no good way for Xu Guozhu to contact Li Cong. Li Cong just asked them to make the last effort. Cong is quickly searching the entire treasure house, but the problem is that this treasure house is really too big, and the size is a bit outrageous, which surprised Li Cong, otherwise he would definitely let the guards retreat , but what he needs most now is time.

Street fighting is generally also called "urban warfare" because street fighting is a battle fought street by street and house by house, and usually takes place in cities or large villages. Its salient features are firstly that the enemy and the enemy fight hand-to-hand, hand-to-hand combat, and are extremely cruel; Urban street fighting is gradually formed with the development of cities and the expansion of the scale of war. The development of urbanization means that if wars occur in the future, urban street fighting will still be inevitable and will become an important combat style.

Perhaps the last thing Xu Guozhu wants to happen is street fighting. Hand-to-hand combat does not mean that the soldiers of his guard division are not good. On the contrary, they are all good soldiers in this respect, but the problem is that the current disparity in numbers is too great. If you really enter that situation, it is estimated that the first to fail may be the members of the Guards Division. Currently, there are less than a thousand people in the Guards Division who can fight, but the troops outside, from the beginning Up to now, there is no shortage at all, but it is constantly increasing. Xu Guozhu is almost out of breath. It is too terrible, but Xu Guozhu is not a fool. The enemy is increasing more and more troops. At least let Xu Guozhu see clearly One thing is that my boss really did a big thing this time, and it was a big thing that killed them all. I have to bring these young and old to resist whatever I say.

From a strategic point of view, the two sides of street fighting mainly compete for key departments such as urban energy, transportation, communication hubs, finance, news, medical care, government agencies, and densely populated areas through hand-to-hand exchanges of fire. Because, controlling the above-mentioned departments is equivalent to controlling the entire city. The locations of these key departments are often the best buildings in urban construction. They are strong, tall, and complex in structure. , the hostile two sides blend and fight in the building, maybe you are above and I am below; you are inside and I am outside, whoever occupies first and knows the terrain of the building first will suffer less. The purpose of war is to preserve oneself and destroy the enemy, and covert combat is also a feature of street fighting. Whether it is offensive or defensive, it is necessary to make full use of the terrain and organize shooting and killing firepower. When the opposing sides are evenly matched, it is more difficult to make a quick battle. According to the climate and environment, measures such as cutting off water, electricity, and heating will be used to put the opponent to death and disintegrate the enemy.

But now Xu Guozhu doesn't need those things at all. On the contrary, the enemy has cut off the electricity and water for him. What he needs is how to delay time. What Xu Guozhu needs is how to control the commanding heights of the entire city. This is more important. If he is controlled by the enemy, he will be very passive. It will also take the form of airborne landing. If they can't control the commanding heights, they may be very passive.

From a tactical point of view, the main feature of street fighting is to compete for the commanding heights. These commanding heights may be a skyscraper, an overpass, or a small hill. Whoever owns it can organize crossfire and control a large area. At this time, Xu Guozhu has found the commanding heights of the city through the satellite, which is the building under his feet. If he abandons this place, it may become a complete retreat. The enemy will definitely not let him go. There is no benefit, and retreating has become somewhat impossible at the moment.

As early as 1994, Grozny killed thousands of Russian soldiers. It is said that only one officer and 10 soldiers left alive in a combat regiment of more than a thousand people who entered the city; 26 Russian tanks that entered the urban area were destroyed by Chechen armed forces; 120 armored vehicles of the Russian army 102 vehicles were also lost; the Chechen armed forces even piled the Russian dead bodies into sandbags as street bunkers-the dead soldiers lost their last dignity. Five years later, the bodies of fallen Russian soldiers have been defaced again. January 24, 2000 was the worst day of the second Grozny street fighting. Russian corpses littered the field. It was extremely cold, and the corpses were not decomposed, and the Chechen armed forces marched forward on them. Street fighting in Grozny is a sniper's war. President Putin mobilized a large number of sharpshooters to deal with the situation, but in the end he ordered the flattening of Grozny.

The major general is also very clear about the war that year, so this guy will never allow things to happen again. He is very clear that his army lacks experience in street fighting, so he gave Yitley a death order. These people must be wiped out in these high-rise buildings. Now it seems that fifty minutes is no problem at all. Now the enemy has been forced to fight back.

"Head, I have an idea. It should alleviate our current situation, but I don't know if the group will do it????" The chief of staff glanced at the rooms where the residents lived, and said hesitantly, he It's not that he was afraid that he would sacrifice himself, but the most important thing at this time is to hold back the enemy, even if it is only for a little time, he thinks that this method should be used if these ordinary people can really hold back. Do everything possible to achieve your goals, as for the enemy side, it is not within your scope of consideration, this is the cruelty of war.

Xu Guozhu has not been cooperating with his chief of staff for a day or two. How could he not understand what this guy means? It seems that there is not much to do now. Besides, the old Maozi did a lot of evil to our common people back then. Okay, Xu Guozhu thought of what the old Maozi did in our place back then.

Lanpao is a village on the banks of the Heilongjiang River, originally named Mengjiatun, and later renamed Lanpao. In 1858, Tsarist Russia forced the Qing government to sign an unequal agreement to occupy it. On the sixth day after the signing of the "Ai Treaty", Tsarist Russia renamed it Blagoveshchensk (meaning "City of Annunciation"). In 1900, there were about 38,000 people here, more than half of whom were from the Qing Dynasty. They have been farming, working, and doing business here for a long time. At that time, there were 500 large and small businesses. In July 1900, Tsarist Russia brazenly dispatched more than 100,000 invading troops in the name of "protecting the road". From the five roads, they invaded the eastern region of our country and created the appalling "Lanpao tragedy".

After the military mobilization in Amur Province on June 25, 1900, atrocities against Chinese continued to occur in Lanpao, and the Chinese who could not bear the abuse fled back to Jiangyou. All the Qing Dynasty people who were unable to leave in the future due to family and property burdens became the targets of massacres.

In early July 1900, the Tsarist Russian authorities ordered to inform the Chinese residents in Lanpao that China and Russia were going to war and they were going to be sent across the river. No one was allowed to lock their doors behind closed doors. On the afternoon of July 15, the Russian army suddenly blocked Heilongjiang. , All ships were detained and Chinese residents were not allowed to cross the river.

When the Russian ship invaded the Aihui River in China on July 15, the Chinese Aihui garrison sent ships to stop it. The two sides exchanged fire, causing minor casualties to each other. The Tsarist Russian government then used the above-mentioned incident as an excuse to plan a massacre of Chinese residents in Lanpao. An atmosphere of terror was shrouded inside and outside the city, and incidents of persecution of Chinese continued unabated. Resident representatives of the Qing Dynasty asked the military and political chief of Amur Province, Gribsky, whether the Qing people in the city needed to be evacuated. He lied and said that the Qing people "can stay where they are without worry." The next afternoon, he issued an order to ban the Qing Dynasty People crossed the river, detained all the ferry boats, and sent cavalry to disperse the Qing Dynasty crowd who were about to cross the river.

On July 16, the Tsarist Russian army forcibly drove thousands of Qing Dynasty residents to the police station, regardless of men, women, or children. The houses and shops of the Qing residents were immediately looted. The nearby Qing Dynasty villagers were also hunted down, and those who resisted were assassinated. As more and more people were detained, the police station could not accommodate them. At night, the residents were taken to the yard of a timber factory by the Jingqili River. . The next day, the first group of Qing residents, about 3,000 people, were escorted by Russian Cossack soldiers to the bank of Heilongjiang, six miles north of Lanpao. Those who fell behind on the way were hacked to death by Russian soldiers. At that time, the river was still 700 feet wide at its narrowest point, and the current was turbulent. Not even a boat. The Cossack soldiers forced the Qing Dynasty people to swim across. Those who entered the water first drowned immediately, and those who dared not to enter the water were shot and killed by the Russian army. Half an hour later, the Qing Dynasty people's corpses piled up like a mountain on the bank. At that time, the witnesses among the Qing Dynasty people on the opposite bank said: The Russian soldiers "each with a knife and axe, chopped east and west, cut corpses into powder and bones, and the sound was so strong that the nose was sour. Death, skeletons overflowing, covering the river bank, there are more than 80 people who follow the waves, naked, unconscious and unable to speak....Inquiry is known that more than 5,000 people were killed and drowned." From July 16 to On the 21st, the Russian army carried out a total of 4 massacres in Lanpao, taking the lives of 6,000 to 7,000 Qing people. A Russian official transcript said: "All the witnesses' testimonies are convincing. This is not actually crossing the river, but beheading and drowning the people of the Qing Dynasty."

On July 17, the Lanpao City Police Department drove all the Qing Dynasty detainees to Upper Blagoveshchensk, falsely claiming to ferry them across the river by boat. But there was not even a boat on the shore. When they reached the river, the Russian soldiers swung their swords and drove all the Qing people "all the way into the water." "When the women threw their babies on the bank, begging for at least their lives, the Russian soldiers caught the babies , picked on a bayonet, and cut the baby into pieces". A mother "leaves the baby on the bank while she walks into the river", but after walking a few steps, comes back to hold the baby and walk into the water, finally She had to go ashore again to "put down her precious child", and the inhumane Russian soldiers swung their knives and stabbed the child and his mother to death. Such cruel examples are too numerous to enumerate.

In order to legitimize the occupation of Northeast China, that is, to truly realize the "Yellow Russia Project", the Russian army can't wait to search for and quickly capture the Shengjing general Zengqi who fled from the abandoned city, and forced him to sign the "Temporary Charter of the Heaven and Earth" in an attempt to monopolize Russia. The three eastern provinces were fixed in legal form, but were abolished due to opposition from China and foreign countries. In April 1902, Tsarist Russia and the Qing government signed the "Treaty of Handing over the Three Eastern Provinces" in Beijing. After the Qing government guaranteed Russia's many privileges in China, especially in the Northeast, Russia stipulated that within one and a half years Withdraw troops from the Northeast in three phases. However, after Tsarist Russia only withdrew some of its troops from the Northeast, it stopped withdrawing. The Qing government sent a note to Russia in early October, urging it to withdraw its troops according to the treaty, but it was ignored. At this moment, the four ministers of the Russian government held a meeting in Yalta, and determined that "Manchuria (referring to the Northeast) must be incorporated into Russia in the future, or be subordinate to Russia." On December 15, the Tsar ordered to suspend the withdrawal of troops from the Northeast, and openly tore up the signed treaty; in March 1903, the Tsarist Russian government put forward seven new conditions for the continued withdrawal of troops to the Qing government, which actually clearly stated that it would continue to occupy northeast.

So far, it has been four years since the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the Qing Dynasty. The Northeast, which suffered a lot, was still ravaged by the Tsarist Russian invading army. Later, the conflict of interests between Japan and Tsarist Russia triggered the Russo-Japanese War. The battlefield was in the Northeast, and the local people died twice. , It is a catastrophe on earth!

Thinking of these things, Xu Guozhu nodded silently to the Chief of Staff. These people are not good people. Even after the founding of the People's Republic of China, they may not have been so kind to us.

"Go, pull me out of all the people in this house, and put them all on the stairs. If these old men dare to resist, I don't think the guys in your hands are burning sticks." Xu Guozhu bit He gritted his teeth and said, these guys don't say that I am inhumane to you now. What you did back then was much more than I did. Even if you really die later, it can't be counted against me. First, you must know that the bombs that killed you belonged to your National Defense Forces. You pay taxes to support them, and in the end they come to send you on your way.

"Open the door?? Open the door, damn it, don't open the door and shoot again???"

"Fuck, why are you talking nonsense, buddy???" A soldier looked at the guy next to the door and shook his head helplessly. Although it cannot be the second language in this area, most people can understand it, and this guy directly shot the door.

"Listen to me, everyone in the room. This is an extraordinary period. I am not your country's army. You all come out to me. I will count to three. If you don't come out, I will throw a grenade in. If you If something went wrong, don’t blame me for not reminding you, I’m starting to count now????” The guy pretended to take out the grenade, and before the guy started counting, a few people ran out of it, looking It belonged to a family, "What are you looking at, damn, you are so strong, you can't do this???" The soldier raised his hand and shot this guy who was taller than himself. Using such a person as a hostage is simply Irresponsible to myself, if this guy turns back before the battle, I really can't control it, so it is best to kill the danger now.

A few soldiers next to him saw this guy's actions and felt that they might be a bit too gentle in doing things, and they imitated this guy and began to drive away the hostages in their hands. Those hostages were all unlucky, but now this is the only one It can interfere with their methods. I hope that there are no hostage rescue experts in these armies outside.

But even if there is, there is no problem. The officers and soldiers of the Guards Division don't ask for anything from the soldiers outside. What they ask for is their time. It is estimated that this can still hold them back.

Outside, the old Maozi's headquarters, the major general has rushed to the seventh floor when he saw it. The people in this demolition team are still good. Although the losses are quite a lot, they are also doing a good job. I hate it now The soldiers came over, and he had a premonition that something bad might happen, but he honestly took it and brought it with him.

"What's the matter? Is there any problem ahead? I think it's advancing very quickly." The general said.

"General, something went wrong. These people hijacked the residents in the building, and our soldiers retreated a bit???" Yitley said a little depressed. Emotional, but the soldiers below are different. The education they usually receive is for them to protect the people. They are supported by the people's taxes, so naturally they have to protect the people. Although there is no such thing as the people's soldiers, But I also know in my heart that I can't point guns at ordinary people.

"What? How could such a thing happen? If you blast up like this, those ordinary people will not be alive. Just tell the soldiers what happened. If anyone retreats, he will directly kill them." The major general is now dead. I ordered that the people in this building can't be a way for me to go to the arid area or retreat to the second line. It doesn't matter even if the whole city is dead, what I need is to get in quickly.

With the assurance from the major general, Yitley finally understood that the task today is extremely important, and there were no journalists here when the incident happened suddenly, so there is no need to be afraid. It's the same to die early or die early.

"Listen to me, everyone. We are carrying out a major mission this time. No one can stop our progress. The major general has sent his escort over. You are all optimistic. If you If you don’t move forward, the bullets will chase you forward. You are all members of the ace unit. You should understand what to do and what not to do sometimes. I also know that those are ordinary people in our country , their sacrifice at this time is to prevent more people from sacrificing, if you can't even do this, you are not a qualified soldier?????" Under Yitley's order, of course the main Or because of the coercion of the general's guards, these soldiers regained their fighting spirit, and each of them knew what they should do, and each of them knew that their lives were actually different from theirs. I understand, I have to live, so the people in front of me can disappear.

Xu Guozhu only wanted to use these hostages, so he was a failed soldier. He ordered his brothers to retreat to more than two floors, and placed some "things" on these people, that is, just now The developed high-explosive bombs had blocked all other exits during the retreat, so those people could only go down or up, or stay in the middle, and Xu Guozhu's people would naturally not let them come up. , They also saw that the army of their own country was below, and they rushed down like crazy. The army below saw that there were no enemies behind them, so they did not open fire. When these people rushed into the Russian soldiers, great changes occurred up.

With such a light movement of Xu Guozhu's finger, the entire sixth floor lit up, and people outside could see it very clearly, as if the building was not damaged, but the people inside were really unlucky, countless soldiers The fire is burning all over the civilians. They want to extinguish the fire on their bodies. Unfortunately, instead of extinguishing the fire on themselves, they make more people like themselves, like a fireball Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xu Guozhu asked his men to rush down quickly. After one charge, the old man left hundreds of corpses and returned to the place before? ? ? ? ? The situation of the battle is back to before.

At this time, Li Cong had been running in the treasure for more than ten minutes. He felt that his position was probably outside the city at this time, because he felt a little vibration just now, and it should be the place where the battle was fought. Li Cong's eyes were attracted by a huge diamond in front of him, which was terrible. It is said that women like diamonds. In fact, sometimes when facing some huge diamonds, even men can't move. This is The charm of diamonds.

The diamond in front of Li Cong is the largest diamond in the world, the Star of Africa, but Li Cong never expected to see it here.

The Star of Africa diamond is processed from the same natural diamond, the Cullinan. "Cullinan" i: Discovered at the Premier Mine in South Africa on January 21, 1905. It is pure and transparent with a bluish tinge and is the finest gem diamond, weighing 3106 carats. Until now, it is the largest gem diamond ever found in the world.

In 1905, a 3,106-carat diamond ore was discovered in South Africa. The newly opened transatlantic cable quickly spread the news to the world. Since South Africa was a British colony at the time, it was agreed that it should be shipped to London and dedicated to King Edward VII. This unique treasure has attracted the imagination of jewelry thieves all over the world, and the relevant personnel have spent months thinking about how to ensure the safety of transportation. In the end, Scotland Yard decided that the best principle was "the simpler the safer". The diamond, as big as an eggplant, was mailed in an unmarked parcel and turned up in the royal mailbag at Buckingham Palace a month later. On February 10, 1908, this giant diamond was split into several large pieces and then processed. The total amount of finished diamonds processed is 1063.65 carats, all of which belong to the British royal family. The largest diamond is named "Cullinan 1", also known as "African Star i", weighing 530.02 carats.

Speaking of the king of diamonds, the "African Star I" is well-deserved. The largest gem-quality diamond in the world was discovered in the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa in January 1905. It was called the "Cullinan" diamond at the time. A diamond block with incomplete crystals, colorless and transparent, without any blemishes, excellent in texture, weighing 3106 carats. "Cullinan" is taken from the name of the general manager of the mine at the time.

In January 1905, Fredeville, the supervisor of the Premier Diamond Mine in South Africa, found a shining object in the reflection of the setting sun while walking in the mine. At first he thought it was a glass bottle dropped in the mud. After picking it up with a cane and scraping off the dirt, he was stunned for a moment, and he could hardly believe that his eyes turned out to be a piece of diamond as big as a fist. He received a bounty of $10,000 for acquiring the Qibao.

The world's largest diamond was bought by the British government for US$750,000, shipped to the UK, and dedicated to King Edward VII in 1907 as a birthday gift for the king's birthday, and later the diamond arrived in Nicolas. in the hands of Raja II. Later, this huge diamond was sent to the Dutch capital for cutting and grinding. After several months of research, analysis and evaluation of this unique "Cullinan" diamond, a number of experts finally unanimously decided to divide the diamond into three pieces. Big drill. The experts carefully studied its splitting direction, and first opened a quarter-inch gap in the splitting direction. On the afternoon of February 10, 1908, Nicholas II personally selected two famous Dutch diamond division experts, Joseph Fitch Brothers, to be responsible for the division. At the splitting site, a consultant team was accompanied to study the changes at any time, and a doctor and two nurses were asked to escort the site. Had their estimates been a little off, or the force or angle of the hammer had been wrong, the diamond might have broken into tens of thousands of pebbles, and the reputation of the segmenting expert would have ended. At this time, the air in the room was very tense. The segmentation expert inserted the blade of the steel knife straight into the pre-defined gap, raised the wooden hammer and struck the back of the knife violently, and the blade broke! Sweating profusely, but still calm. Lifting the wooden hammer again, he was so nervous that it was difficult to breathe. The division expert hit the newly replaced knife back with a powerful hammer, and the diamond was completely divided into three pieces as planned. At this time, the segmentation expert also fainted immediately, and then recuperated in the hospital for a long time before returning to normal.

After the giant diamond was divided, it began to be cut and polished on March 3 of the same year. It took three polishing experts 14 hours a day and eight months to polish it into the largest four diamonds.

"Cullinan No. 1" is pear-shaped and the heaviest one, weighing 530.2 carats. It was later set on the scepter of Nicholas II. This giant diamond is called "African Star I". It has 74 facets.

"Cullinan II" is square, weighs 317.4 carats, and was later inlaid on the crown of Nicholas II.

The "Cullinan Third" is pear-shaped, weighs 94.4 carats, and is set on the spire of the crown.

"Cullinan Fourth" is square and weighs 63.6 carats. It is made by dividing one of its diamonds into two, namely "Cullinan Third" and "Cullinan Fourth". It is inlaid on the side of the crown.

The "Cullinan" diamond was cut into nine large diamonds and 96 small diamonds, which were used as crowns, scepters and other decorations. The remaining five of the nine diamonds are: the fifth is a heart-shaped, heavy carat; the sixth is a boat-pointed, heavy-carat; the seventh is a boat-shaped, heavy-carat; the eighth is a rectangle, heavy-carat ; The ninth is pear-shaped and weighs 4.39 carats. In addition, there are still 96 small diamonds, which have been scattered all over the world, weighing a total of 8 carats. The rest is a pile of very fine and hard-to-grasp gravel, weighing 9.5 carats.

This huge "African Star I" rough stone weighing 3106 carats was cut into 105 diamonds weighing 1064.26 carats in total and 9.5 carats of crushed stones that could not be cut. The weight of the finished product is only one-third of the original stone, which shows that the consumption of rough stones into diamonds is very large.

In front of Li Cong, there are a few huge diamonds and a bag of small diamonds, and there is an explanation next to it saying that these are made by the African Star. God, Li Cong feels that his blood is flowing fast. Now the world These missing diamonds are very rare in the world. Li Cong tested the hardness of this thing a little, and he felt that it was definitely a diamond. If it was not the real thing hidden in such a hidden place, this guy would not believe it if he was killed.

Just when Li Cong was surprised, No. 1 on the side saw another belt, which was also in the same packaging. The contents inside should be comparable to Li Cong's.

"Sir, what is the Koh-i-Noor? Is it a diamond?" No. 1 said while preparing to open it. This sentence hooked Li Cong's soul away. Diamond makers, how come there are so many good things, these things can't be found outside, I didn't expect to find all of them here.

The one discovered on the 1st is called the Great Mughal Diamond, and its English name was found in the Kola mine in India in 1304. The original stone weighs 7875 carats, and it weighs 240 carats (some say 280 carats) after being processed into a rose shape. The Great Mughal Diamond is a diamond discovered in India in the 17th century. Five years ago, the French traveler Tavernier) witnessed this diamond when he served in the Indian royal palace. The Great Mughal is named after Shah Jahan, the builder of the Taj Mahal. However, the diamond later disappeared. Legend has it that the "Orlov" and "Mountain of Light" diamonds of later generations were all separated from the Great Mughal Diamond.

English name ir d historical diamond. Produced in the Kola mine in India, the original stone is said to weigh up to 800 carats. Originally ground into a rose shape, it weighed 191 carats (5 old carats). In 1526, it was owned by Sultan Babur. It later became a treasure of the Mughal Empire. In 1738, it became the trophy of Nadir Shah, king of Persia. It was owned by the British Crown in 1850. In 2 years, in order to remove the above flaws, it was re-polished into a round diamond shape, and its weight was reduced to 10893 carats. According to reports, the color of this diamond is grayish, and the color grade is not high. American gemologists once valued it at 7 million U.S. dollars, but Li Cong believed that if he took it out, there would definitely be a lot of people willing to spend tens of millions to buy it.

The Orlov diamond weighs 192 carats. This diamond is light turquoise, like half a pigeon egg, with a gap on one side, and it can be called a famous diamond from former Tsarist Russia. It is said that Count Orlov helped his lover Catherine to become the empress and presented this diamond as a reminder of his important status to his lover. However, Catherine accepted the diamond, but withdrew her love for Orlov. There was no other way. Compared with love, power was more important than love. Li Cong was not in the mood to care about this at this time, and he wanted to continue watching this treasury of.

Soon Li Conggen No. 1 discovered another famous diamond, the Eye of the Idol, the Eye of the Idol diamond (l', is a flat, pear-shaped diamond about the size of an egg. The "Eye of the Idol" is heavy 70.2 carats. It is said that it was the "ransom" given by the chief of Kashmir to the Turkish Sultan who blackmailed Princess Rasha Taha.

The Eye of the Idol is a perfect combination of legend, mystery and fantasy. His stories include vagaries of worship, theft, pillage, and mysterious disappearances.

For example, from its name, we can easily think whether this diamond was really the eye of a certain god? But there is not enough evidence to show that he had such a glorious experience in his past and present lives. His name is likely due to its sculpted shape, resembling a large, bright eye. Why cut it like this? Why not cut into other styles? This is unknown. Another possibility is that the eye of the idol was dug out from a certain idol by an unscrupulous worshiper, and then sold on the black market. But that too is impossible to verify.

Another popular theory is that as early as the 17th century in the Golconda region of India, around 1607, the eye of the idol belonged to a Persian prince. His name is Ray Harper. But unfortunately, he encountered a debt crisis, so he used the eye of the idol to pay off the debt, so this big diamond flowed into the hands of the creditor, the East India Company. Since then he has disappeared for 300 years, which has caused many speculations and controversies...

The focus of the controversy is: Does Lei Hubo really exist? Even so, how did the diamond travel from India to Persia and back to the Indians? Has the East India Company been doing such a transaction so early? Queen Elizabeth granted the East India Company a charter to do business in Surat in 1600, and a charter to do business in India would have to wait until 1609. If the East India Company did get the diamond, would they sell it to the rich and powerful for their private collection? Or is it that the East India Company guarded itself and stole it?

Another story goes like this. Legend has it that this diamond was the ransom paid by the Indians after Princess Rashta was kidnapped by the Turkish emperor. But there is little solid evidence for this story either.

It wasn't until five years ago that the Eye of the Idol reappeared in people's sights. At this year's Christie auction in London, the Eye of the Idol was bought by a mysterious auctioneer. He left the simple "b.b" as his code name. In 1906, this mysterious guest finally surfaced. He is the famous Abdul Hamid II 42-19, the last emperor of the Turkish Sultanate. On June 24, 1909, the Eye of the Idol was again auctioned, this time in Paris, and the winning bidder was a Spanish celebrity.

After World War II, Harry Winston purchased the diamond from a Dutch businessman. By this time, the 70.21-carat diamond was part of a necklace. This necklace is very dazzling, not only has the eye of the idol, but also 41 small sparkling diamonds around it, totaling 22.50 carats, and a baguette cut diamond of about 12 carats.

In 1947, the Eye of the Idol was acquired by Ms. May Bonfils-Stanton, the daughter of Frederick G. Bonfils, one of the founders of the Denver Post. Her love for jewelry and diamonds is world famous. She spent her life collecting all kinds of jewelry. He is very protective of the eyes of the gods, and she usually doesn't take them out on important occasions. It is said that she usually wears this diamond when she is having breakfast, perhaps the gorgeous dress will cover up the light of the idol's eye.

In 1962, following Ms Stanton's death, her jewelry was auctioned off. This time it was Chicago jeweler Harry Levinson who won the auction house at Buck Burnett in New York. He won the first place with a high price of $375,000. In 1967, Levinson loaned this priceless treasure to the De Beer Mine Museum to decorate their Johannesburg Diamond Pavilion.

In 1973, Levinson planned to sell the diamond. He handed the diamond to the New York auction house and entrusted them to auction the diamond for a sky-high price of US$1.1 million. In the end, Lawrence Graff in London captured the Eye of the Idol. But it didn't last long, and four years later, he passed the diamond on to another person.

There have been rumors that the buyer is the mixed reputation of Philippine President Ferdinand - Marcos. Even though he has a lot of gossip, he is still a one-term president. Three years after his death, the Idol's Eye disappeared from his mansion again. Just as mysterious as it appeared, he disappeared again inexplicably.

Li Cong believes that this is definitely not a treasure of Tsarist Russia, it should belong to the former Soviet Union, but these are not important, the important thing is that they are mine now.

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